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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20090132824 | Original, data circulation method, system, apparatus, and computer readable medium An original data circulation system for storing or circulating original data which is digital information is provided. The original data circulation system includes an issuer apparatus, a user apparatus and a collector apparatus. The issuer apparatus generates originali... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090125729 | Original data circulation method, system, apparatus, and computer readable medium An original data circulation system for storing or circulating original data which is digital information is provided. The original data circulation system includes an issuer apparatus, a user apparatus and a collector apparatus. The issuer apparatus generates originali... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090115879 | Information management method and digital camera An information management method and digital camera which can reduce the burden on a user in terms of information management, while ensuring security, are provided. The invention provides a digital camera including an image-acquisition unit for acquiring image informati... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090081492 | Fuel Cell System, Moving Object Equipped With Fuel Cell System, and Abnormality Judgement Method For Fuel Cell System A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell, a hydrogen gas pipework system for supplying hydrogen gas to the fuel cell, an injector which adjusts the gas state of the hydrogen gas pipework system in its upstream side and supplies it to its downstream side, and a control de... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20090061867 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CHANNEL RE-SELECTION A method for re-selecting control channels in a mobile station reduces the use of resources by limiting an evaluation of candidate control channels to those channels which satisfy certain criteria and are deemed to be eligible control channels. As a consequence, resourc... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20090040365 | Imaging system The invention relates to an electronic camera or other imaging system that is less susceptible to shake, makes an optical system less susceptible to decentration by distortion of a body itself, and enables taking without locating any button on a side face. The imaging s... | 02/12/2009 |
| 20090029226 | Fuel Cell System and Method for Operating the System The present invention is a fuel cell system including a fuel cell, an injector which is provided in a hydrogen supply channel of the fuel cell and which adjusts a gas state of an upstream side of the hydrogen supply channel to supply a gas toward a downstream side, and ... | 01/29/2009 |
| 20090015942 | Electronic image pickup system The invention relates to an electronic image pickup system whose depth dimension is extremely reduced, taking advantage of an optical system type that can overcome conditions imposed on the movement of a zooming movable lens group while high specifications and performan... | 01/15/2009 |
| 20080285173 | HYBRID COATING FOR MAGNETIC HEADS A system and method for providing corrosion protection for a magnetic read/write head is disclosed. A monolayer surface coating is applied to cover those portions of the under layer of a magnetic read/write head not already covered by a previously applied diamond-like c... | 11/20/2008 |
| 20080240974 | Age-hardenable copper alloy An age-hardenable copper alloy made of 1.2 to 2.7% cobalt, which is able to be partially replaced by nickel, 0.3 to 0.7% beryllium, 0.01 to 0.5% zirconium, optionally 0.005 to 0.1% magnesium and/or iron and in some instances up to a maximum of 0.15% of at least one elem... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080138590 | Methods for protecting patinated surfaces of copper products and patinated copper product A method for the temporary protection of patinated surfaces of copper products, in which an aqueous polymer dispersion is applied to the patinated surface, so that the polymer dispersion penetrates regions of the porous patina that are close to the surface, and in which... | 06/12/2008 |
| 20080049337 | Image-formation optical system, and imaging system incorporating the same The invention relates to an image-formation optical system that meets both demands for high performance and compactness, and an imaging system that incorporates the same. The imaging system is built up of an image-formation optical system comprises, in order from its ob... | 02/28/2008 |
| 20080049215 | Examination apparatus and focusing method of examination apparatus A focusing method for an examination apparatus that can quickly and easily perform focusing for fluoroscopy is provided. The focusing method, for an examination apparatus that can observe fluorescence emitted from a specimen, includes a first step of irradiating the spe... | 02/28/2008 |
| 20080007411 | Tracking surgical implements with integrated circuits A system and method of tracking medical products provides for associating a group of medical products with a group location based on a group radio frequency identification (RF ID) device signal, where the group includes a first unit and a second unit. The first unit is ... | 01/10/2008 |
| 20080002303 | Method for manufacturing a magnetic head arm assembly (HAA) A system and method for an improved magnetic head arm assembly (HAA) is disclosed. The HAA includes three principal components, a head gimbal assembly (HGA), a flexible printed circuit (FPC) assembly, and an actuator coil assembly. The design allows for HAA rigidity, ye... | 01/03/2008 |
| 20070295289 | Engine cooling apparatus An engine cooling apparatus includes a coolant inlet of a block water jacket formed in a cylinder block, wherein coolant is introduced into the block water jacket through the coolant inlet, a flow-directing plate that is disposed in the block water jacket at a position ... | 12/27/2007 |
| 20070230060 | THIN FILM PIEZOELECTRIC MICRO-ACTUATOR FOR HEAD GIMBAL ASSEMBLY A thin film piezoelectric (PZT) micro-actuator is disclosed. Two thin film pieces of PZT are couple to a slider support frame. The slider support frame has a slider support connected by a leading beam to a base. The two thin film pieces of PZT connect the slider support... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070187222 | Method for pretreating and improving coking coal quality for blast furnace coke Methods for pretreating and improving coking coal quality for producing blast-furnace coke by: (a) rapid-heating the coal charge in a fluidized-bed to a temperature range between not lower than 300° C. and not higher than the temperature at which the coal charge begins... | 08/16/2007 |
| 20070177958 | High strength bolted structure and method of securing nut and torque-shear type high strength bolt and joining method using same The present invention provides a join structure comprised of a box section column and split T-section joined by a high strength bolt and a method of securing a nut to an inside of the box section column. The present invention further provides a Torque-Shear type high st... | 08/02/2007 |
| 20070178703 | Method for release of surface micromachined structures in an epitaxial reactor A method for releasing from underlying substrate material micromachined structures or devices without application of chemically aggressive substances or excessive forces. The method starts with the step of providing a partially formed device, comprising a substrate laye... | 08/02/2007 |
| 20070163532 | Intake system of internal combustion engine and method of controlling the intake system An intake system of an internal combustion engine includes a surge tank communicating with cylinders of the engine via individual intake paths, a vacuum tank connected to the surge tank, a valve that permits or inhibits communication between the surge tank and the vacuu... | 07/19/2007 |
| 20070138677 | Shaped composite material for breaking applications and a method for the preparation thereof A shaped composite material for braking applications can be produced by a method comprising the steps of; a) providing a mixture comprising bundles of filaments constituted substantially by carbon and having lengths no greater than 30 mm and an organic binder in a mould... | 06/21/2007 |
| 20070131380 | Permanent chill mold A permanent chill mold for the continuous casting of metals, comprising a mold tube (1) placed in a water box, a water gap being formed between the inner side of the wall of the water box and the outer side (2) of the mold tube (1). In the water gap... | 06/14/2007 |
| 20070115543 | Examination method and examination apparatus An easily viewable examination image in which blurring occurring in an image is reduced without operating an examination optical system in real time matching the motion of a specimen is obtained. There is provided an examination method comprising, prior to examining an ... | 05/24/2007 |
| 20070099080 | Thermal battery with reduced operational temperature An electrochemical cell for a medium-temperature thermal battery includes an electrolyte having a melting point between 75° C. and 200° C., a thermal decomposition temperature above 300° C., and consisting essentially of at least one organic salt. The electrolyte is ... | 05/03/2007 |
| 20060277490 | Scrolling of ordered series with item highlighting indicating relevance A graphical user interface displays an ordered series of items. Each of the items has an index value indicating a position of the item within the series. The graphical user interface includes a scroll bar to scroll through the first ordered series. Items with index valu... | 12/07/2006 |
| 20060259272 | Wizard for answering support inquiries A customer support wizard that compares customer data with attributes of support notes to identify which notes are relevant, and to systematically shrink the number of candidate notes by asking the customer questions. Questions are selected based on an analysis of the a... | 11/16/2006 |
| 20060259342 | Rule based document distribution to partners An automated lead distribution system for Customer Relation Management (CRM) performs automatic distribution of business leads based upon a set of rules. A comparison is made between parameter data of a business lead and a series of criteria which must be met to satisfy... | 11/16/2006 |
| 20060259337 | System and method for managing business partner qualifications A system and method for managing business partner qualifications. According to one embodiment, an application receives a request by an external business partner to assign a qualification to an entity associated with the external business partner, determines whether the ... | 11/16/2006 |
| 20060259343 | System and method for managing channel partner responsibilities A system and method for managing channel partner responsibilities. According to an embodiment, an application receives an assignment of a responsibility to a channel partner or the channel partner's employees and assigns the responsibility thereto. According to another ... | 11/16/2006 |
| 20060259367 | Method and system for role-based authorization in web shopping Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method and system for role-based authorization in web shopping. According to the embodiments, operations available to a user of a web shop may be filtered based on the user's role, and correspond authorization level, with... | 11/16/2006 |
| 20060238897 | Lens and optical system A lens has a convex or concave shaped smooth non-spherical surface or non-circular curve which is formed of a medium indicating negative refraction. ... | 10/26/2006 |
| 20060222886 | Arylpyrene compounds One embodiment of the present invention provides an organic light emitting device comprising an anode, a cathode, and an organic layer disposed between the anode and the cathode, wherein the organic layer comprises an arylpyrene compound. In another embodiment, the pres... | 10/05/2006 |
| 20060218351 | Look ahead LRU array update scheme to minimize clobber in sequentially accessed memory A high-speed memory management technique that minimizes clobber in sequentially accessed memory, including but not limited to, for example, a trace cache. The method includes selecting a victim set from a sequentially accessed memory; selecting a victim way for the sele... | 09/28/2006 |
| 20060218148 | Integration of digital asset management with intellectual property management The disclosure relates to a digital asset storage, search and retrieval system. Each digital asset may comprise one or more versions and properties. The system may access stored digital assets using hierarchical classifications under a taxonomy based on the properties. ... | 09/28/2006 |
| 20060206348 | System and method for business process integration Embodiments of the present invention relate to an automated way for a non-technical person to create or modify software functionality in support of a business process without needing expertise in software. According to the invention, an automated matching tool may apply... | 09/14/2006 |
| 20060179076 | Integration of a digital asset management system with a project management system The disclosure relates to an integrated system comprising a digital asset management system, a project management system, and an interface that permits the integration of the two systems. Data may be accessed or replicated between the two systems via the interface. Amon... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060179062 | Integration of a digital asset management system with a network sales system The disclosure relates to integration of a digital asset management system with a network sales system. The digital asset management system may comprise digital asset storage, search and retrieval functionality. Each digital asset may comprise one or more versions of th... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060176596 | Measuring and neutralizing the electrical charge at the interface of a magnetic head and media A system and method for measuring and neutralizing the electrical charge at the interface of a magnetic head and a magnetic storage medium, such as a disk, is disclosed. A surface treatment material is applied to the magnetic head. The surface treatment material matches... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060179033 | Method and system for digital asset management The disclosure relates to a digital asset storage, search and retrieval system. Each digital asset may comprise one or more versions of the asset, properties of the asset, and conditions on its use. The system may access stored digital assets using hierarchical classifi... | 08/10/2006 |
